Tailored waste-to-energy solutions: Understanding the sustainable investment opportunities of biogas

Energy in agrifood systems is responsible for 33 percent of global emissions. Transformative solutions are needed to remodel the way that energy is used in and produced from agrifood systems not only to reduce emissions but to also enhance adaptive capacity. Producing energy from agrifood residues and wastes – such as farms, slaughterhouses, food industries, landfills and vegetable markets – can concurrently reduce environmental impacts of waste management and disposal, whilst also reducing GHG emissions and producing renewable energy.

FAO has been working as part of the ‘Scaling up climate ambition on land use and agriculture (SCALA)’ programme to enhance renewable energy in national NDCs in Solomon Islands and The Gambia. The SCALA programme aims to support countries to achieve actionable and transformative climate solutions in the agrifood sector, in line with their National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). In Solomon Islands and The Gambia, biogas has been identified as a technology that can provide energy to communities, whilst concurrently responding to waste management challenges. This webinar will provide insights on how feasibility assessments have been used to understand the financial feasibility and climate change potential of biogas systems, and engage private sector in sustainable solutions.

This webinar is part of the 2025 Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) webinar series, as part of the thematic area ‘Biogas and biomethane’. More information on this theme can be found here.

 

 

Agenda

10.00 - 10.05	Brief introduction to webinar
	Constance Miller, GBEP Secretariat
10.05 - 10.25	Assessing investment potential for biogas production from waste streams in The Gambia
	Lorenzo Traverso, FAO
10.25 - 10.45	Facilitating biogas investments through bespoke assessments and plant design for commercial pig farms in Solomon Islands
	Marco Colangeli, FAO
10.45 - 11.00	Q&A
	Moderated by Contance Miller, GBEP Secretariat

 

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